# democracy americana (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover democracy americana. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a Nation](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-assault-on-public-health-and) _2026-08-16 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ MAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it. ## [Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/power-opportunism-and-ideology-in) _2026-07-26 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ About cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right ## [A World-Historic Chance](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/a-world-historic-chance) _2026-07-13 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ The Right is freaking out because we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. A glass-half-full interpretation of our moment. ## [From the Declaration to Donald Trump](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/from-the-declaration-to-donald-trump) _2026-07-05 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ Wrestling with a history that is complicated, inspiring, frustrating, uplifting, and horrifying. A continuity of conflict, 1776-2026 ## [Understanding Our Disruptive Moment in History – and What It Requires](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/understanding-our-disruptive-moment) _2026-06-29 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ The old order is dead. The Right has a revolutionary theory of the moment that promises renewal. Unless we can counter it with a transformative vision, we will lose. ## [When the Republic Almost Fell](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/when-the-republic-almost-fell) _2026-06-18 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ What we can learn from new reporting on how the Trumpists have been contemplating despotism, the fault lines within the regime, and the prospects for a post-Trump MAGA ## [America Is Going Backwards - and Falling Apart](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/america-is-going-backwards-and-falling) _2026-06-01 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ After the end of the voting rights era, the country is facing rapidly encroaching minoritarianism, vastly unrepresentative political institutions, and an escalating crisis of legitimacy ## [The Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-reconstruction) _2026-05-17 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective: How it transformed the nation, how it was toppled by a raging reaction, and what comes next ## [Multiracial Democracy is Young and Fragile](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/multiracial-democracy-is-young-and) _2026-05-06 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ A brief history of the struggle to reconstitute a nation built on racial hierarchy around the principle of equality – Part I: The lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mjqgBwYxR6pV) _2026-05-06 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Why the Tech Billionaires Are Aligned with Trump](https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-tech-billionaires-are-aligned) _2026-04-26 · Thomas Zimmer · Democracy Americana_ Fueled by profit motives, ideological radicalization, and elite self-victimization, America’s tech barons are aggressively taking the side of authoritarianism. But why now?